# Accident 19730712023739A: Piper PA24400, Fairbanks, AK, July 12, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 12, 1973
- Place: Fairbanks, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Location: 64.8378° N, 147.7164° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fairbanks, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.8378&lon=-147.7164&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6972P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6972P-1973-10-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24400
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,849 total, 100 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC74AA004](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC74AA004) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730712023739A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PAPER USED TO MASK FRONT OF ENG DURING PRIOR PAINTING BLOCKED CARB VENTURI.LND ON RR TRACK.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ANC74AA004](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC74AA004), Jul 12, 1973: Piper PA-24 (N6972P), Fairbanks, AK, substantial damage

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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